# Geography starter · source, version and rights ledger

Checked **29 September 2026** against live primary pages. Recheck before a new school year or if QCAA publishes a later version. Use the [crosswalk](CURRICULUM-CROSSWALK.md) for printed page and specific coverage.

| Source | Used for | Boundary |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [QCAA Geography General senior syllabus 2025 v1.3, January 2026](https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/downloads/senior-qce/syllabuses/snr_geography_25_syll.pdf) and [live syllabus landing page](https://www.qcaa.qld.edu.au/senior/senior-subjects/syllabuses/humanities-social-sciences/geography) | Exact Unit 1/Topic 1 names, objectives, 55-hour unit, case-study, fieldwork and assessment holds; checked 29 September 2026. | QCAA document is linked and paraphrased, never included or relicensed. Pack is not endorsed. |
| [Geoscience Australia flood explainer](https://www.ga.gov.au/education/natural-hazards/flood), page last updated 14 May 2025 | Heavy rainfall, runoff, river capacity, catchment and topography in simple flood-process teaching. | No GA photograph, map, actual forecast or data copied. Synthetic Creekbend is not a real hazard map. |
| [Geoscience Australia earthquake explainer](https://www.ga.gov.au/education/natural-hazards/earthquake), page last updated 14 May 2025 | Sudden slip on faults, seismic shaking and broad plate-boundary pattern. | No official hazard layer copied; no claim that a specific town is safe/unsafe. |
| [Bureau of Meteorology flood knowledge](https://www.bom.gov.au/resources/learn-and-explore/flood-knowledge-centre/about-floods) and [warning service](https://www.bom.gov.au/water/floods/floodWarningServices.shtml) | Flash/riverine comparison and the distinction between a teaching scenario and current warnings. | A public weather warning is time-sensitive; these cards never substitute for current Bureau/local authority advice. No Bureau warning or map is reproduced. |
| [UNDRR disaster terminology](https://www.undrr.org/terminology/disaster) and [risk terminology annex](https://www.undrr.org/sites/default/files/2020-10/Words%20into%20Action%20Developing%20National%20DRR%20Strategies.pdf?startDownload=true) | Distinguishing hazard, exposure, vulnerability, capacity and disaster risk conceptually. | Paraphrased terms only. Invented count overlays are **not** probabilistic risk models. |

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